Compass: Don’t Cut Residential Treatment for Addicts – Anchorage Daily News
Compass: Don’t cut residential treatment for addicts – Anchorage Daily News
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Compass: Don't cut residential treatment for addicts Anchorage Daily News However, proposed cuts of $ 2.043 million to the state of Alaska's Behavioral Health grants threaten to force us to make painful cuts in our residential addiction treatment program… Continue reading |
NC AG Kicks Off Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Contest for High School Students
NC AG kicks off prescription drug abuse PSA contest for high school students
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper is trying to attack the problem through a contest challenging North Carolina students to spread the word about prescription drug abuse. Cooper stopped by Vance High School Wednesday to promote the …… Continue reading
First Responders in Ohio Can Now Carry Life-Saving Heroin Overdose Antidote
First responders in Ohio can now carry life-saving heroin overdose antidote
Friends and family members of addicts now have access to the drug that reverses an overdose in seconds, and all first responders, including police officers, firefighters and basic paramedics, can carry naloxone. The bill's "Good Samaritan" clause …
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UN Reports Says Prescription Drug Abuse Growing in India
UN reports says prescription drug abuse growing in India
Globally also prescription drug abuse, often legally obtained medication by a friend or a family member who no longer needs it or is not using it for medical purposes, is outpacing the rates for illegal drugs in some countries. "There is… Continue reading